BirthNovember 111994

Sanju Samson

Sanju Samson, Indian cricketer

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When
Friday, November 11 199432 years ago
Category
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Person
Sanju Samson

At a glance

Born 1994-11-11.

Known as: cricketer. Citizenship: India.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Sanju Viswanath Samson is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India national cricket team in the T20I format. He was part of the 2024 and 2026 T20 world cup winning teams, including a Player of the Tournament performance in 2026. He plays for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL and for the Kerala cricket team domestically.

Early life

Educated at: St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram.

Early life Samson was born on 11 November 1994 [ 1 ] into a Malayali Christian family [ 2 ] in Pulluvila , a coastal village near Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala . [ 3 ] His father, Samson Viswanath, was formerly a police constable at Delhi Police and a retired football player who has represented Delhi in Santosh Trophy and his mother, Ligy Viswanath is a housewife. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] His elder brother Saly Samson has represented Kerala in junior cricket [

Youth and domestic career Youth career Samson was a member of the U-13 cricket team of Kerala in 2007. [ 1 ] In the KSCA Inter-State under-13 tournament, he captained Kerala and bagged the player of the tournament award scoring 973 runs, including four centuries in five matches at an average of 108.11. [ 2 ] As a member of Kerala U-16 team for the 2008–09 Vijay Merchant Trophy, he scored a double century off 138 balls against Goa [ 3 ]

Why this date

Sanju Samson appears on our November 11 calendar for 1994 as a birth entry.

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